Grover Washington Jr. を一日中聴いてみる :: CD ９枚

2022年2月6日 11:52

CDラックにしばらく聴いていないCDボックスを見つけ、彼の演奏であれば在宅勤務の邪魔にならないと思い、９枚組のCDを久しぶりに聴いてみた。
ボックスの中身は扉絵のとおり。
Amazonで安く手に入れたが、現在Amazonでの販売はしていない模様。

Grover Washington Jr.

Grover Washington Jr. (December 12, 1943 – December 17, 1999)] was an American jazz-funk and soul-jazz saxophonist. Along with Wes Montgomery and George Benson, he is considered by many to be one of the founders of the smooth jazz genre. He wrote some of his material and later became an arranger and producer.
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Washington made some of the genre's most memorable hits, including "Mister Magic", "Reed Seed", "Black Frost", "Winelight", "Inner City Blues", "Let it Flow(For Dr. J)" and "The Best is Yet to Come". In addition, he performed very frequently with other artists, including Bill Withers on "Just the Two of Us", Patti LaBelle on "The Best Is Yet to Come" and Phyllis Hyman on "A Sacred Kind of Love". He is also remembered for his take on the Dave Brubeck classic "Take Five", and for his 1996 version of "Soulful Strut".